Kylie Minogue was met by cheering fans at a private viewing of an exhibition of her dressing room.

She neatly side-stepped questions about the break-up of her relationship with Olivier Martinez, saying her "friend" had wished her well.

She posed for photographs outside the Victoria and Albert Museum on London before signing autographs last night.

Asked how she was feeling, the star said: "I'm here tonight, it's all good."

Kylie also spoke of her shock at seeing the exhibition for the first time this afternoon and joked it was "a long way from Ramsay Street", where Neighbours was set.

The singer added: "I was actually speechless. I was so honoured and overwhelmed."

Also asked if the exhibition of her dresses was art, Kylie said: "Art is what you like or what you don't like."

Hundreds of fans waited patiently outside the museum in the cold for a glimpse of the diminutive star.

The exhibition features 200 objects and highlights include the star's white hooded jump-suit from her 2001 Can't Get You Out of My Head video.

The vintage gold hotpants, which cost just 50p but resurrected Kylie's career, are from her Spinning Around (2000) video.

Kylie - The Exhibition begins in 1988 with the tomboy mechanic overalls she wore as Charlene in Neighbours.

It is brought up to date with her pink Galliano corset and Dolce & Gabbana leopard print catsuit from her Showgirl Homecoming tour.

The dressing room is based on Kylie's backstage area at Wembley from her comeback Showgirl Homecoming tour, which followed her recovery from breast cancer.

Her dressing table is cluttered with make-up brushes and a Kylie Says Relax mug.

A silk screen dress, featuring many of her best known images, has been especially designed for the exhibition, for which the Victoria and Albert Museum has been criticised for dumbing down.

Curator Vicky Broackes said: "We wanted to show that is not just fashion, it's a working wardrobe.

"Her tour costumes have to be robust. They are washed up to 60 times.

"William Baker (her stylist) came on the scene in 1995 and she has become a lot more popular since then. She's become more cool."

The exhibition, which attracted 500,000 visitors in Australia, will be at Kelvingrove for four months from September.